Beschreibung
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Autorenportrait
Geboren am 15.09.1789 in Burlington, New Jersey, gestorben am 14.09.1851 in Cooperstown.Cooper war das 12. Kind des Landbesitzers William Cooper, dem Begrüder von Cooperstown am Otsego-See im Bundeststaat New York. Er besuchte ab 1803 das Yale College, war von 1806-1807 bei der Handelsmarine und von 1808-1810 bei der Kreigsmarine. Mit seiner Heirat 1811 endete seine nautische Karrierre, wenig später begann er seine schriftstellerische Laufbahn.
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